Field officer training series focuses on strong fundamentals

Over 60 local law enforcement personnel from various agencies to include Navy Police, Judiciary of Guam, and the Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency participated in a training that helps lay a solid foundation for incoming officers.

What is a field training officer? An FTO essentially serves as a guide that all new officers are expected to follow. They are responsible for cultivating and nurturing the new officers into becoming the type of officer the community deserves. Recently, a weeklong training was held.

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3 More Not-So-Obvious Areas of Focus for Police Trainers in 2023

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Rise in ‘unintended discharge’ shootings during police trainings raises safety questions

In the past four months, there have been at least three training shootings nationally.

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Emerson Hour Paul Hasselberger

Watch NAFTO’s President, Paul Hasselberger, speak at The Emerson Hour from ILEETA.

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Emerson Hour Dan Greene

Join NAFTO Executive Director during his 2022 ILEETA Emerson Hour speech. If you’ve never been to ILEETA, it’s time to go!

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Dan Greene on the evolution of field training

How to better train trainers to meet the needs of today’s police recruits.

“One of the biggest evolutions in field training is that the program molds to the student as adults learn in different ways,” says Dan Greene, the executive director of the National Association of Field Training Officers (NAFTO). As a former FTO and FTO supervisor, Dan knows what FTOs need to become better trainers and educators. At the recent NAFTO conference in Louisville, Kentucky, Policing Matters host Jim Dudley spoke with Dan about the evolution of FTO training in law enforcement.

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